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A good explanation evinces a willingness to report facts, and we aim to do just that here. To evince something is to show it clearly; the thing evinced is typically an intangible, such as an attitude or intent. Before the current use of evince was established in the late 18th century, the word could mean "to conquer or subdue" and "to convince or conclusively refute," both meanings evincing a link to the word's Latin ancestry: the verb evincere, means "to vanquish" or "to win a point." It comes from another Latin verb, vincere, meaning "to conquer." That word counts among its offspring convince, invincible, vanquish, and victory.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
As my colleague Dylan Matthews wrote in March 2023, the media does evince a clear negativity bias, one that seems to have gotten worse.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
At the same time, Lie, in the equally strong but less showy part, evinces great empathy.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Evince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evince. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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